Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages Eviction Risk: Moderate , East Point

Tract 13121007603 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,454 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 13121007603 covers part of the Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,454 residents. Annualized rent equals 53% of average household income of $19,375, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 46% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units1,870

Renter share90.7%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate42.5%

Median income$19,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Point and the region

Centroid at 33.7065, -84.4403 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Point

7.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

42.5% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$856 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Point

1.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Point

5.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Point

4.0

How Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

89%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.¹

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

2,942Total filings over 5 yrs
31.96%Avg annual filing rate
43.5%Peak (2003)
565Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

2,348Total filings 2020-21
30.9Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

31.4%Housing insecurity
24.1%Utility-shutoff threat
42.3%Food insecurity
44.0%SNAP enrollment
21.3%Transit barriers
17.7%No health insurance
20.2%Frequent mental distress
43.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. At $856 a month, rents run 50% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. Food insecurity runs 42.3% against 17.8% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 43%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.

This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The filing record is not thin: 2,942 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 43.5% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 32.0% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121007603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007603?

Census tract 13121007603 in the Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13121007603?

Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007603?

42.5% of residents in tract 13121007603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,454.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 52th, minority 96th, housing 48th.

Is tract 13121007603 considered part of Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007603 fall within Tyler Perry Studios Soundstages (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121007603?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,942 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121007603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.96% of renter households, peaking at 43.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13121007603 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13121007603 compare to East Point overall?

Tract 13121007603 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of East Point at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Point eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 13121007603 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East Point

Top eight tracts in East Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org